Antifriction-bearing.



0. W. HART.

ANTIFRICTION BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6.19%].

1 ,270,8@ 1 Patented July 2, 1918.

UNITED s r-Arne PATENT OFFICE.

' ORLANDO W. HART, 0]? FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

ANTIFRICTION-BEARING.

Patented Jul 2. 191 8.

Application filed J uly 6, 1917. Serial Noi 178,911.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO W. HART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fall River, Bristol county, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful In;- provements in Antifriction-Bearings, of which the following is'a description.

My invention relates to anti-friction bearings-. and more particularly to roller bearings-of the type described and claimed in Patent $51,205,449, granted to me on November 21,1916.

The principal object of my invention 1s to provide an improved construction and ar rangement for taking up the end or side thrusts between relatively rotatable members separated by an anti-friction bearing.

Another object? of the invention is to proride in combination with the means for taking up the end thrusts, a construction for maintaining the component parts of the bearing in proper relative position when the bearing is in a normal operative condition.

My invention also contemplates an improved arrangement, especially adapted for roller bearings such as disclosed in Patent #1,205,4 49 referred t above whereby the means for taking up end or s de thrusts is held in proper position when the parts of- I the bearing are in normal operative position and which preferably is also adapted to prevent'the falling apart or collapsing of the parts'of the bearing upon the removal of either of the relatively rotatable members between which the bearing is located.

A further object of. the invention is to provide a construction for attainin the resultsdeseribed above, which is 0 simple construction, eilicient in operation and the use of which is accompanied with a minimum of friction and Wear..

Other objects and features of my invention will-be hereinafter particularly de scribed and claimed.

'In order that, my invention may be more clearly understood, attention is directed to the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, in the several views of which like parts are designated by the same reference characters, and n which:

Figure 1 is a central longitud nal sectional view, partly in elevation, through a bearing embodying one form of my inven- 58 tion;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken atright angles to Fig. 1, through the inner and outer bearing members and the roller bearin disposedbetween said members, the rolls shown in elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentalview, similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification."

Referring to the drawing and especially to Figs. 1 and 2, reference character A represents the reduced end portion of a shaft or axle S having rigidly secured thereto in any suitable manner a hardened sleeve or hearing member 1. Reference character W represents a wheel or sheave the hub of which is provided with an axially extending cylindrical opening 0 for receivin the reduced end portion A of shaft S and the roller bearing disposed between said portion and the wheel W. The central portion of the opening Ofis reduced in diameter as shown at R and has a hardened cylindrical sleeve or outer bearing member 2 for the roller bearing rigidly secured therein. The roller bearing comprises a plurality of annular series of rolls, threeseries B, C and D- being shown, disposed between the inner and outer bearing members or sleeves 1 and 2 which form runways therefor. The sleeve l'is somewhat longer than sleeve 2 and ex-- tends beyond both ends of the rollerbearing. The correspondingpairs of rolls 3 and 4 of the alternate or.outside series B and D of the hearing are respectively loosely mounted on hollow alinin shafts 5, while the rolls 6' of the interme iate series 0 are respectively loosely mounted on hollow alineing ing shafts 7. The shafts 5'and 7 areparallel and the rotation of the series of rolls about the axis of the bearing, lubricant supplied to the bearin will be thoroughly circulated through the caring and distributed to allof its parts.

to are provi are A hardened annular plate 9 is rigidly secured on the portion A of shaft S between one end of the sleeve 1 and the shoulder formed by the said ortion A, and a member 5 having an annu ar hardened flange 11 1s adjustably secured to the portion A adj aeent the other end of sleeve 1, preferably by being threaded thereon. The member 10 is held in adjusted position by a lock-nut 12 10 threaded on the end ofthe reduced portion A of shaft S The outside diameters of plate 9 and flange 110i member 10 are slightly less thanthe diameter of the larger portions of openings 0, and packi g rings I 13 of felt or other suitable material isposed in annular grooves provided therefor in the walls of the opening 0, extend into close enga ement with the peripheries of plate 9 and ange 11 andserve to exclude dust and dirt from the bearing and to retain the lubricant therein. v f

In the form of my invention shown in Fig 1, a flat annular plate 14, the outside diameter of which is substantially the same W annulanplate 14; is loosely disposed on the other. end of sleeve 1 and fits loosely in the space between the member 10 and the adjacent ends of'the roller'bearing and sleeve 2.: The 0 posed faces of plates 14 and 14 dedwith annular grooves 15 in which the extending end portions of the hollow aliasing shafts 5 and 7 are disposed and loosel' fit. The portions of the plates 14 and 14: I between the ooves l5 and the thinner peripheries thereo are thickened to provide opposed annular lips 18 which ex tend close to the respective end roll surfaces of the roller bearing,' where the speed of the rolls in the operation of the bearing is least,

to and serve to prevent substantial axial move ment of the rolls relative to the sleeves 1 and2. These 1i s 18 together with the walls of grooves .15 a so prevent any substantial relative axial movement of the rolls and the so alining shafts 5 and 7.

The outer portions of plates 14 and 14: are res actively provided with annular series 0% openings inwhich balls 16 are loosely disposed, the balls'16 extending be yond the sides of the plates for engagement with. the corresponding opposed annular bearing surface provided by the ends of sleeve .2, the flange'll of member 10 and plate 9. The outer portions of plates 14 co and 14: adjacent the openings in which balls 16 are mounted, are steaked' as shown at 17, alter the balls are mounted in these openthat the said balls will be loosely ings, so n retained within such openings. The halls at 16, which are held in proper position with mum of friction.

respect to the opposed hardened bearing surfaces of sleeve 2, plate 9 and flange 11 of member 10 by the loosely mounted plates it and 14: adjacent the ends of the bearing, provide means for effectively taking up end. or side thrusts which may be imposed on. either of the members JV and S with a mini- Plates .14 and 1d are held in proper position by the extending end portions of shafts 5 and 7, and also coact with the hollow alining shafts 5 and I to maintain the latter and the rolls 3, 4 and 6 in proper assembled position and prevent the collapsingof the bearing upon the sep- I aration of shafts and wheel W, which so may be accomplished merely by removing the nut 12 and member 10 from the threaded end of the reduced portion A. of shaft S. --The balls 16 in their operation tend to rotate the plates 14: and 1d about the axis of the hearing at one speed, while the series of rolls B, C and D tend to rotate-about the axis of the hearing at a difierent speed, and the construction above described, compris- 25 as plate-.9, is loosely disposed on one end, of ing the extending end portions of shafts 5 9d the sleeve 1 and fits loosely in the space be-' and 7 disposed in grooves 15 of plates 14 and 14, permit these rotary movements of plates 14 and 1d and the series of rolls B, C and D at different speeds Withoutinterferenoe with the other functions thereof. as

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig; 3, plates 14-v (only one of whiohis shown) which correspond to plates 14' and 1d of Fig. 1, are disposed adjacent the ends of the bearing and each of these" plates is preferably made in two separate and separable annular sections or rings is and 20, the rin 19 fitting within ring 20 and forming a tree and support therefor. Ring 19 is provided with the annular groove 15 for the extending portions of the hollow alining shafts of the bearing and with the inner annular lips 18,.while the outer ring 20 has the balls 16 loosely mounted therein. The inner rings 19 of the two part annular rings or plates '14=" are preferably rigidly secured together in proper spaced relation as by means of several rods 21 (only, one of which is shown). Rods 21 respectively er lllit lid tend through some of thehollow aiming 11s" shafts 5 and l, the end portions of the rods 21 being reduced at 22 where they extend through the bottom walls of grooves 15 and having their ends headed at 23 whereby the rings 19 will be securely fastened to the rods its 21 and will be held thereby in such spaced the y bearing upon such separation of the relatively rotatable members W and S. Moreover independent and relatively rotary movement of the inner and outer portions of the plates'l-i", is provided for by this construction which results in a decrease in friction, as it will be seen that due to the rotaloosely mounted a tion of balls 16 and the action of the extending end portion of shafts 5 and 7, there is a tendency to produce a differential rotary movement of the inner and outer portions of these plates.

While I have described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the same are subject to many changes and modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, what 1 claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In device of the class described, a pair of concentric relatively rotatable members,

shafts on which said rolls are respectively in unted, and devices at the ends of said be ring respectively provided with means for transmitting end thusts from one of said members to the other and with means adapted to coact with said shafts to hold the same in proper relative position when said members are separated.

2. In a device of the class'described, a pair of concentric relatively rotatable members, an annular series of rolls disposed between said members, shafts on which said rolls are respectively mounted and which, extend beyond the ends of said rolls, and means having provision for transmitting end thrusts from one to the other of said members and comprisin a pair of annular plates djacent the ends of said bearing respectively, said plates being adapted to coact with the extending end portions of said shafts to hold said shafts in proper relative position.

- 3. In a device of the class described, a pair of concentric relatively rotatable members,

a roller bearing comprising an annular series faces secured to one of said menibers and respectively disposed beyond the ends ofsaid bearing, one of said elements being adjustable with reference to the member to which spectively loosely disposed b'etween said opposed annular bearing surfaces, and balls loosely mounted in each of said plates and projecting from either side. thereof for engagement with the corresponding opposed an 'nular bearing surfaces, said plates being adapted to maintain said rolls in assembled position upon the separation of said members and-being themselves maintained in proper position by said roller bearing.

4. In a device of the class described, a pair of concentric relatively rotatable members, the outer member being provided with an internal hardened sleeve rigidly secured thereto, a roller bearingcomprisin an annular series of rolls disposed am closely fitting in the space betweensaid sleeve and the inner member, shafts on which said rolls are respectively 'mounted and which. extend beyond the ends of the rolls, a pair of plates respectively secured to the inner one of said members beyond the .ends of said bearing and provided with annular bcarim surfaces respectively opposed to the ends 0 said sleeve, a pair of annular plates respectivelyiloosely disposed between said opposed bearing surfaces'and between the ends of said beari'ng and-the plates secured to the inner members, said annular plates being each provided with an annular groove into which the corresponding extending end portions of said shafts extend, and balls loosely mounted in each of said annular plates and projecting from either side thereof for engagement proper relative position, and the other part having provision for transmitting end or side thrusts from one to the other of said members.

6. In a device of the'class described, a' pair of relatively rotatablemembers, a roller bearing comprising an annular series of rolls-disposed between said members, shafts on which said rolls are respectively loosely mounted, and two-part annular plates or rings disposed adj accnt the ends of the bearing, one part of each of said plates acting to prevent an substantial relative axial'movement of said shafts and rolls, and the other part having provision for transmitting ehrl '1 hits or side thrusts from one to the other of said members.

7. In a device of the class described, a pair of relatively rotatable members, a

roller bearing disposed between said menuhers, and two-part annular rings or plates respectively disposed adjacent the ends of the bearing, one part of one plate and the corresponding part of the other plate being rigidly secured together in spaced relationand being adapted to maintain the arts of the bearing in proper relative position, and

the other part of each plate being rotatable relatively to said first part and havin prov vision'for. transmitting end or side t rusts from one to the other of said members.

8. In a device of the class described, a

pair of relatively rotatable members, a

loosely mounted and which extend beyond the rolls, and two-part annular plates or rings respectively disposed adjacent the ends 'tiveto each other.

of said bearing, the inner portions of said plates being provided with annular grooves in which the extending and portions of said shafts are respectively disposed, and the outer-portions ofsaid plates being rotatable on the said inner portions and having provision for transmitting end or side thrusts from'one to the other of said members.

9. In a device of the class described, a pair of relatively rotatable members, an annular series of rolls disposed between said members, and a device having provision for transmitting end thrusts from one to the other of said members and adapted to act to maintain the rolls in proper position rela- 10. In a roller bearing, a pair oi relatively rotatable members, rollers disposed between said members, and devices at the ends of sald'bearlng respectively having provis on mcluding cylindrical bearing rollers dis- 40 for transmlttingend thrusts from one to the other of said members andadapted to act to maintain said rollers in proper position relative to each other.

11. In a device of the class described, a

pair of relatively rotatable members, rollers posed between said members, and a device located adjacent and beyond one end of the bearing "rollers adapted to act to maintain said rollers in proper relative position and being itself maintained in proper position by said rollers.

12. In a device of the class described, a pair of relatively rotatable members. rollers including cylindrical bearing rollers, disposed between said members, and devices respectively disposed adjacent and beyond the ends of the bearing rollers, said devices being adapted to maintain said rollers in proper relative position and being themselves maintained in proper position by said rollers.

acro at .13. In a device of the class described, a pair of relatively rotatable members, rollers disposed between said members, and a device adapted to act to maintain said rollers in proper relative position and being itself maintained in proper position by said rollers, said device having provision for trans mitting end thrusts from one to the other of said members.

14;. In a device of the class described, a. pair of relatively rotatable members, rollers including cylindrical bearing rollers dis-' posed between said members, and devices respectively disposed adjacent the ends of the bearing rollers, said devices being adapted to maintain said rollers in A proper relative positlon and being themselves maintalned 1n proper position by said rollers, said devices each having provision for transmitting end {,hrusts from one to the other of said memers.

15. In a device of the 'class described, a pair of relatively rotatable members, a roller caring disposed between said members, and plates respectively disposed adjacent the ends-of the bearing, a-portion at least of one plate and a portion at least of the other plate being rigidly secured togetherin spaced re lation and being adapted to maintain-the parts of the bearing in proper relative position, each plate having provision for transmitting end or side thrusts from one to the other'of said members.

16. In a roller bearing, an annular roller assembly comprising bearing rollers and portions projectin beyond the end bearing roller surfaces of t e bearing, and an annular plate adjacent one end of the bearing assembly having an annular groove for the reception of sald portions at such end of tiieifbearing, said plate being provided inwardly of said groove with a ortion extending beyond the rest of the pl rollers. j

17 In a' roller bearing", an annular series of bearing rollers, a plate disposed adjacent one end of said rollers and having a portion extending beyond. the rest thereof toward the bearing rollers for engagement with only the inner portions of'the adjacent end surfaces ofsaid rollers.

ORLANDO W. HART.

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